Self driving car laws

Supported by Technology By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHIFEB. 26, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators have given the green light to truly driverless cars.The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles said Monday that it was eliminating a requirement for autonomous vehicles to have a person in the driver’s seat to take over in the event of an emergency. The new rule goes into effect on April 2.California has given 50 companies a license to test self-driving vehicles in the state. The new rules also require companies to be able to operate the vehicle remotely — a bit like a flying military drone — and communicate with law enforcement and other drivers when something goes wrong.The changes signal a step toward the wider deployment of autonomous vehicles. One of the main economic benefits praised by proponents of driverless vehicles is that they will not be limited by human … [Read more...] about California Scraps Safety Driver Rules for Self-Driving Cars

Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest GM partner's self-driving car gets a ticket from San Francisco cop A motorcycle cop ticketed a Cruise autonomous vehicle’s human safety driver, saying the car came too close to a pedestrian. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 6 Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Randy Essex, Detroit Free Press Published 11:56 a.m. ET March 29, 2018 | Updated 12:39 p.m. ET March 29, 2018 CLOSE Ford Motor Co. is making Miami-Dade County its new test bed for self-driving vehicles. Ford CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 6 COMMENT EMAIL MORE It sounds like the setup for a joke: A self-driving car got a ticket last week in San Francisco, KPIX-TV … [Read more...] about GM partner’s self-driving car gets a ticket from San Francisco cop

Police say a video from the Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a woman Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.The Uber had a forward-facing video recorder, which showed the woman was walking a bike at about 10 p.m. and moved into traffic from a dark center median. "It's very clear it would have been difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode," Sylvia Moir, police chief in Tempe, Arizona, told the San Francisco Chronicle."The driver said it was like a flash, the person walked out in front of them," Moir said, referring to the backup driver who was behind the wheel but not operating the vehicle. "His first alert to the collision was the sound of the collision."The chief's account raises new questions in the investigation that holds importance to the future of the burgeoning autonomous vehicle … [Read more...] about Uber victim stepped suddenly in front of self-driving car

Now here's a genuine novelty: In San Francisco, a motorcycle cop pulled over an autonomous vehicle and issued it a ticket. The future has arrived. But the reason — police said it failed to yield to a pedestrian at a crosswalk — probably shouldn't be taken lightly, coming a day after a self-driving car operated by Uber Technologies Inc. struck and killed a woman walking her bicycle across the road March 18 in Tempe, Ariz. Cruise Automation, the operator of the ticketed self-driving car, says the vehicle did nothing wrong. The story was first reported by CBS affiliate KPIX-TV. Cruise tells the station that its onboard data shows the pedestrian was 10.8 feet away from the car when it began driving in autonomous mode down Harrison Street at 14th Street. The officer pulled the car over shortly after it began accelerating and ticketed the human test driver. "Safety is our priority in testing our self-driving vehicles," Cruise said in a statement. "California law requires the … [Read more...] about Motorcycle cop tickets a self-driving car in San Francisco

Just a week after the deadly Uber crash in Arizona, a self-driving car in San Francisco was ticketed for being too close to a pedestrian, according to KPIX, with a witness capturing a photo of the scene. Cruise, for its part, denies the car was doing anything unsafe, and said it has data to prove it. Cruise did not immediately return a request for comment from Jalopnik, but according to the version of events it gave KPIX, it says it was a little more than 10 feet away from the pedestrian before the car was ticketed. The car was in self-driving mode until it got pulled over. Here’s KPIX: A witness, Kevin O’Connor, snapped a photo after seeing the motorcycle officer pull over the self-driving car as O’Connor drove through the South of Market area last week. “There was another car stopped alongside and he looked a little befuddled,” said O’Connor. “The cop was just writing a regular ticket like they always do.” According to data collected … [Read more...] about A Cruise Self-Driving Car Got A Traffic Ticket In San Francisco A Week After The Deadly Uber Crash (Updated)